Facebook admits privacy errors, plans new settings
By IANS
Tuesday, 25 May 2010, 08:07 IST
San Francisco: Social networking giant Facebook admitted Monday that it had
made mistakes in its privacy policies and promised to roll out new tools that
would make it easier for its 400 million users to control their personal data.
Mark Zuckerberg, the 26-year-old billionaire founder of the second most popular
site on the internet, made the admission in a column that appeared in the
Washington Post Monday amid growing user anger sparked by a string of privacy
glitches.
"The biggest message we have heard recently is that people want easier control
over their information," wrote Zuckerberg. "Simply put, many of you thought our
controls were too complex. Our intention was to give you lots of granular
controls; but that may not have been what many of you wanted."
Zuckerberg said that the company would introduce simpler privacy settings
within weeks, as well as a way to block all third-party services.
Facebook has often come in for criticism of its privacy policy, whose default
setting is to allow large amounts of personal data to be viewed and searched by
the public. Criticism grew following the introduction of new features recently
that extended Facebook buttons across numerous internet sites and could have
exposed users' browsing habits to others.
"We just missed the mark," said Zuckerberg. "We have heard the feedback."
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